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ffihc rccnsborpugt) LitotrioL
VOLUME VI. GREENSBOROTJGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, MARCH '29. 1846. NUMBER 53
IJnbltslicd UJcckhj
BY BWA1M fc IHBRWOOD,
Pllll K.
M $1.W,
riMiliK u.ii.i. wtv 1 vr in.
. timi »S« IUt.l IFT»« '"« »»"
or *. a.i a.rrins.
l'«Iewonte-|-uiof HI cast saner loonier a J-ronluv
|H wiihiu UV -ulncription year, -ill lx-1-on..d.n-J iii-
Hirjlivi- u\' hi. wi-t. to continue th<- "ap"-
Tin: i.iuiir or A I.OVIMS EYK.
U> the tusht of. loving e)«
Oh ; 'n- -wiTt mrough tins world lu^u '
•\cnapel. tli.iljik .haJom that ha
In our p:ttli, with id niui-ie.l K!«W ;
' 1" i< III.- liM l.al.1 ui life llNit ». '••.
'T i. lhe l.i.l to assert when in die;
Oil! therci notfUBg '.mail. In un n to me,
l.iu Iks Hafcl "f ■» Uwins rye.
'!'.» lhe Ibjbt "f o kttini rye.
Ah! u bet «r.- die rich.- uf ctttl*'
Wlut tbr plhtrfl <lw* f*"ic eat. sur|.ly,
Or lhe ro«>- MIII) revets uf iiurlli '
><-»i a flam Ui.it in iwauti I MI*.
Not ii 51 in III thi- .liailim'd -ky.
Oil' there', l.ollt.in; in Mturt to DMi
I.iWr UH licfct of , luting rye.
IJ> tbi' li^lit of a loving eye
I have (lone through tin- W«kl of iver.
Anil oil! iiur thi- tq.uil on Ugh
Still ijraiil in.- lb rn.uk-al «lo»!
Till thi- «itiR. of n.v sool arc -el In •'.
Till iny In-art run hlgoMail to -ncli.
May thai liirhl. that swatf Unht. .him-for me,
The light or* a > m..- oje.
■ i i II .
The (Jiorv of Amrriru.
only communicating to those who occupy hcr con-secrated
coil "a freer life and a fresher nature."
bu:.-be isspreadingemhiaiion.knowledoi- and re-
I lii'ion among the most distant nations of the earth.
America is u commercial nation, and it is on Iter
commerce and her religion that she must de|iend
for h( r influence among the nations. It was com-
] inerce which gave to Tyre and Babylon, and her
I rival Ntnevah, and other ancient empires, their
' proud and lofty distinction. Hut it was commerce
! which had no connexion wtih ihe religious and
i tho true. It was. therefore, but temporary.—
I Their greatness has paa.-ed away. The waves
: of tho sea now roll where one* stood the vast and
magnificent palaces ol wealth and luxury. The
ninoflltwnll nf Ihltir commercial enierprizu and
prosperity are now crumbled inloasheo.
llritain and America are taught that if the sun
spirit. The lessons of freedom, religion and en-terprise,
which are now being taught, will be per-petuated,
till latest posterity. They are trained
and disciplined us becomes a nation pledged to
great deeds. Her schools are for the education
of the intellect—11* development of mind with all
its powers and capacities ; her pulpit is for the
sound and vigoroui ex|ooition of the Christian
virtues—the bringing them home to every man's
bosom and busine.s ; her press is for the support
and defence—the maintenance and d illusion of
truth and virtue. In n.oral power and resources
America nut only nvu'.a, Lut far exceeds the Ku-ropcan
States, England alone excepted. She has
eagerly pressed forward to her present point ol
advance.
In her future progress, she is destined, in com-
('onsiillins wilb a Lawyer. 'rendered him. and he brought erery year to that id. with .verted glances and «,remi'""™Ui
i lawyer, a pair of good fat chickens ; and he was trepidation, towards the only doorwoyw «no a-.
It happened that a farmer nam?d Bernard, j in the habit of saying to his neighbors, when they partment. When I reached it. actuate y
having come to market in Hennes. look it into ' were talking of the lawyers, that next to the involuntary and undelioablo *£*■* ■ c ' * > *
his head, whin his business was accomplish, d. commands ol Uod and the church, ihe most prolit- 1 halted and, turning round, beheld Hie .
fiend face to face, and closer to me than oelore..
More terrified than erer.l resumed my f treat.dash-el
rapidly through the narrow passage, atcoiilded,
the main .Uurcase, nor thought myself securu
and there wen- a few hours of leisure, that it able thing in the world was a lawyer's n/>i/iitm.
would be a capital use of that spare time to con- .
suit a liwyer. lie had often henrd peopl-; speak •
of Mr. IV.ier da la (jermandai, whose repululion |
was so great that people thought a suit already '
gained il he undertook it. Ii.rn.ird Mated for Ins
address, aird went inimcuiauly to his offica in St. I
<iiorge's street.
The clients were numerous, and BeiMld had
10 wail for a lung time. At length his turn came,
and he was inlroiluced. Mr. I'otier de la I ier-maiidai
pointed him to a chuir, laid his speclac
The lollowiog eloquent ■rtichi is from ihe Lon-don
Chrislian Examiner, fur readers will find
themselves richly repaid for its persuul:
mon with Britain, to carry along nub her the des- j upon his table, a.id asked what brought htm there.
, , i ,.-■.,-.-: i ascend and shine forth I liny of the species. The world is not only to re-1 .. |'0„ my word, S.juire." sa.d the farmer, w hir-fuU-
orbed, not only must both nations enjoy a free ! ceive anew longu.ge—anew philosophy—anew | \m? \,ia „„ mm^ .. I Ul.ard bo much talk about
and Unfettered commerce, but that commerce , religion ; but to lake its inttre type and impress-1 yjy, t|lui liudtng myself at leisure in llennes. '
inu-t be saiictilied. •■ llighleousness exaltelh a ] ion from these two nations. And should Britain , thought I would take advantage of the circut
nation," and this rtghteou.ness, the great princi- j decline-should her lamp, now so full of light, j ilMa., and come and get an o/.iiiio.i of you."
pies of justice and truth, must pervade its com- • glimmer and expire—A mericu. | ossessed of her j .. | ,|,Bnk yon for your confidence,
inerce, its aoiane, its enterprise,
stability, as well^s strength and po1
In this, America holds no common
her navy ana her merchant service
under a religious influence—and
, affects her commerce, which now eite
I ry const and claims tho confidence
i I*-
The influence of commcrco on...» ...., , . . .■ . r
met and the de.liny of the world i. secondary : «'"« :-" N» <**>" fo"n "f ••%•" «" l",0'",• •'»■< ">V P«W*3l0 d"l,le • ■• »" nl (nm *•
only to the all-poworful. all su|>erior economy of in this land of the l'llgr.ms, until the greet prtn- mm dish, as the saying .»."
grace In her commercial nceilion America is : ciples of the American system were developed .. |.-, about some contract for the purchax or
real | but her irue sirength lies in her reltgon- ; «"d established here by our Puritan forefathers. !a|, 0f something 1"
Not at o!l; I am not rich enough to purchase
THE PHANTASM.
nv Ml. iu7cLL. m. un,il ' h", m»ni m" hKi-m"°' *"d d°UUC'
locked the door.
About ten years ago,during my bachelor dayi. Having placed the candle upon my dressing la-
1 wits silling up very late, and busily engaged in ble. 1 seated myself at the foot of the bed, and.
poring over the mustv tide-deeds of on estate meditated upon what I had seen ; but the more I
which I had juai then contracted lopurchase on le- considered it, the more 1 became perplexed. My
hall ofaclient. It waaawiMwd guatynigbUia the slumbers that night were disturbed and feverish;
depth of winter, and heavy showers of ram from Bn,| although when I related the story to my
the westward, ever and anon, came sweeping up friends the ensuing morning, I apparently co:.-
against my solitary window, with a loud and mel- totced ihem. and strove to convince mysell, that
aucholy pattering. tho vision I had witnessed had been but an opl>
, The apartment, or rather office, in which I was cal delusion, yet I failed in satisfying my own
pursuing my avocations, was partially detached mind that such was in reality the case, so mil
fiom the mam dwelling, communicating with it and lifelike had been my impressions. Indeed,
„ only by a long, narrow, and ill-lighted passage; many montha elapsed before I could feel perfee'.-
snd all the furniture which it contained consisied ; |y m eaie in my lonely oflico after midnight; and
pier. Thi« stem-visaged personage married an with a military officer in the service of the East
Englishwoman, to whom, upon his decease, he | India Conpany. who had been well acquainted
devised ihe property, and by her descendants the with ihe lady in question; and from him I aaeer-freehold
ef it was then held. Report gave out iBln,.d that she bad, died in India, whither she had
that Hervst was a ltoskrucian—a mysterious accompanied her husband, upon the eery day.
itnessed
to that great revolution in mind and religion, l0 a land which they knew not; and, like th.
whose riper and richer fruits yet remain to be children of Abraham, as they have the truth in nave entered. Peace to their silent shades .—
gathered. The emigration of a l.ule band of per- lm.ir keep.n", we trust thai they will carry it wide., Fragrant as the breath ol morning be their memo-sccuted
believers to tho newly discovered conti- even to th. ends of the earth. '>''• The winds of two centuries have swept over
nent, gave birth to a nation which promises to ri- They have no need of a dispersion to spread their graves!
val the most powerful states of this world, and 10 lhem abroad among the notions ; for even now, [ " The effacing hand of time has well nigh worn
accomplish some of the most glorious destinies in jn lhc infancy of their origin, their vessels touch away the perishable monument, which may have
tho history of man. upon every c'oast, their inhabilants sojourn in ev- marked the spot where sleeps their honored dust
Trace the principles and institutions of the Pil- „,y country, and religion grows with their growth But they lull live. They live in the immortal
grirus in their development, operation and results. „.,i .tr«ngihcna with their strength. They carry : principle* which they taught—in the enduiiug
Not only "the little one has become a thousand, ,|,cir a],ars with them into the wilderness.*nd i institutions which they established. They live
nnd the small one a strong nation," but those in- throughthem civilization and Christianity willflow ' in the remembrance ol a grateful poawnty ; and
siitutiona, both civil and .acred, which were plan- on wlln an ever enlarging stream, tdl they cover' they will live on through all time, in the gratitude
ted in the wilderness and watered with many ,hl. ,ho„, 0( lae Pacific. Even then, the ocean j of unborn generation., who in long succession,
tear., have found a congenial soil for their growth wi|j not urmiBtu, (heir progreaa, but rather open | .ball rise up and call them bleased. And MaW
and maturity, and, like the majestic oak, ha1
not only withstood
taken deeper, firrac
The principles on
based were thoso of equity and truth, and there- Tea is doing to poorlb»"gj—T Jf^tfB^^^^I il^aeixtadla»»a»nlio« byAimMkAtfmifph
for. perpetuity which belongs to the one. was llvlng I^MMS'ha. laid open both at home I which they themselves are still gi.ing to our own
designed to oitach to the other | so that wjtb.bw. >*■ ^^ ,Jcr „.„„„,,„.,, „nu^ly elce«l. \ freedom, and to the great cause of civil and reli-vcry
.light modifications.■.'hf:,'hvrs left them.— ,,,„ tho .urn of live millions sterling, for education, gious liber.y throughout the earth—let ua never
MfMlf sTani/s thi «;'"»»•.«/ •Imtrica. Under and religion, i. graduated on a noble scale—h»< i give up the religion of our forefather.. No—ne-any
other dynasty that cVoniry could never ha.e t\nl ujjnt. and most hopeful encrgie. are devot-1 vcr,never,"
lisen m u. present position and influence. ed to the apiead of religion—her churchei and I „ —;. ' "~i—' ,-
With the change of her inslitu.ion, will come hcr ,niMi0Iiari„ are to be found wither«rer her I, 'M'i"™V «» ^ONHHEM c.-From a discourse
her weakness and downfall; but .hi. is aconsum-,^^bas be,n CMtlfli, tni her mora| influ. I bj >he tor. Doctor Bucher. we H eel the follow-rraiion
which we can scarcely anticipate. The cnct. „ u wide a. ,he world. This, in union and '"g l-ragraph on the vocation of memory and
principle, of the constitution are so inwrought in- co-operation with that of Britain, is changing the
to the very sou! and temper of the American whole aspect of society.
character, that no external or foreign influence -iho children of both counlric. aro ipreading
will ever be able lo overcome and subdue them. ovl.t lhe glob.i c«rryi„g »ak ihera the elemenu
At Ihi. moment, while certain wily and unworthy of un„er,al „.generalion. Already all ihingsare
liartic. are wickedly attempting to divide the na- becoming new. The superstition, and error, of
tiooal mind, accking to undermine the political in- „gt., „e mi.hing „.,... hum,n ,JMmt ,„ be-etitulions
of ihe country, and above all to damage ing sn.king lo their foundation ; earthly creeds
thai sound proiestant faith on which these- inaiitutioiu ,„ c^JBEJ jnl0 fragment.; mind ia bursting
depend for their stability and influence, republican- ju (-,.„,,„_ allJ M cnaUaa js slghins („ (ntiom_
ism, which is only a simple symbol lor WX;«>/.. Thf ,/oy 0y„,ltmv,wn draueth nigh. Bonie on
i;/i, vox Dei—the most unfettered freedom, both . lhc cha'riol of insIlirtlion through age. of lime, we
arc set down in the midst of scenes of surpassing
loveliness and glory, when this earth shall be as [
1 _. r -, Below my wmuow, wuicu was not lar irora a we ootn mosi luuy cuntu.iou u, .i....»...b ~.
M. de la Gennandai took |H-n and paper and ^ „,,,. ,,„„ julled „„, ^ j,, uriti.h immortal Dramatiat that, even in the .eery-day
asked the countryman hi. name. | £.,,,„„,,_ ,„rnj,d ,„ «oc|c«ed .pot of ground world, thing, and event, do occaaionally occur,
-Peter Bernard,"answered he,happy,indeed, wh.chBiu cu|l„alcll „ , g,raeI1, bul whjch, which are incapable of being suisfactorily CA-that
he had succeeded in making himself under- ^^ ( d an|J y^ silu,lion_ borc nu,ning h|Bed by lbe nioW faMiBhted and acnte »hilu.-
tood.
■ Your age I"
•• Thirty years, or thereabout I
•• Your profession f"
•• My profession ! Oh, ah, y
do I do. Oh, 1 am a farmer.'
but a few stunned shrubs. Beyond lay lhe sea,
bounded to the northward by the Welch hills,
faintly discernible, and far away to lhe westward,
„ in clear weather,might bo caughl glimpses of the
desolate island of Lundy. But to return to my
ophy.
Reading Moid.
The lawyer wrote two line,, folded up the ra-1 "^^^^^. ^^ rf ,,,, famjly
Th. following observatioo from Chamber". Ed-inburgh
Journal, relative to the advantage, of be ■
jag a good reader, will be found well worthy of
per. and gave it lo hi. client. ^^^ w Mi ^ , WM ,,f, „ pll„u. my altention :
•• Is it done already." cried Bernard; "\cry ^ wlllW||m atoaW *rl" ' '" Although "V\c knowof no accomplishments valuable a*
well, that's right. There is no time to get rusty wllhoul .„ w„ wm and tempestuouv.lhe interior that of readiog "with good emphasis »nd diacre-here,
as they «ay. How much do you cUvg. j rf my ,oiilory „uljy „, f,r from being comfort- tion," of catching the meaning and spirit of tho
for this opinion, Snuira I less. Within the ample and old-fashioned grate author and conveying them to others wrtb a dis-
Bernard paid without disputing, made a grand
the cool fire burned brightly; upon the broad hob tinctand mtaUigibla utterance; and yet slrango
, stood a capacious iron tea-kettle; while upon the to say, there ui no fepartment ef modern educa-scrapo
with b,s foot nnd wenl ou. delighted with ^^ ^ J -^^fi^my m ^^ ^^ nfglee„a_ ,„,,„,,_ ,0 gcnf ,„, j,
having prohtrd by the occasion. equipage, ii being my coflsiant habit to indulge thi. neglect that scarcely one young lady or gen-
V. hen armed at home, ,t was alreadyfour o . , JJ £ ^^ ■mui „ ^„ „„ ,|eman ,n , doIen, .ho bo«tof having "finished"
clock. 1 he jaunt ha I I.Ugued bun and he went ( ^^^^ ^^^^ , ^ ^^^ lhcir tiaMim< „„, „ Wu,g ^^^ read a-inio
the house for some repoar. I ly wearied, .o that I determined lo lock up my ' loud lo a private company with that ease and
Meantime his grass siad been out four days, *
in Slate and Church—republicanism, is becom-ing
the watchword throughoiii every Siaic. Fa-thers
are leaching it with awakened interest lo
their children, and their children are catching it
us if borne on inspiration.
On America, in her present position, we look
with intense interest. Her whole history is in-terwoven
with the fate of Europe, and thcro is
r.at a State in the wide spread continent of the
Old World, which is not destined to feel and tu
1,c uffectcd by hcr influence. No force can crush
'he sympathy thut already exiati und is continu-ally
augmenting, between Europe and the New
World. The eyes of the oppressed "re turning
wishfully to tho land of freedom, and tho kings of
the continent already regard with nwe and dis-quietude
the new Borne, rising in the West, the
foreshadows of whose greatness yet to be, nr<- ex-tending,
dark and heavy, over their dominions
and abacuring the lustre of ibeir throne. ! Biuco
Ihcso enhghtenod utterances were jriven forth, j
America haa doubled her population, andaucli
aro her national reaonrces thai tor influence
eoiifineil by no shore.
and conscience.
"Connected with Conscience is tho office of
Memory. The retrospections-of the mind are as
rapid as the flashing of lightning. More rapid
are they than the transmissions of idea, by the
Telegraph, BXttvnrea WaaUaanna and Baltimore,
or than that transmissions will be when, as such
may happen, thoughts are carried in a few mo-menta
round the earth.
I knew a man who said, that in falling twenty
feet, when be expected to die, the thought, of a
life time seemed lu pass through his iniud. He
thought of his businesa,—of his wife,—of his chil-dren—
and of that eternity to which he was going.
i . A life seemed to pass through his mind, and no-chaste
in principle as it is now impure, and when ; .. .... .„ , ,
a briohther I
aii
_ . .. • I thing was lost. So it will be when memory sum-hi
Ih.n that which invested the ri-' ■ , - ,,- , , ., , «,-
,. «T i • L ,-. ui- inons the acts of a life, at the last tribunal. ^No-world
cf waters which Omnipotence called , , „„ , ,,
, , , , , . „ . . ,. . i thing, is lost. 1 houglus ooce impressed bul «pps-out
of chaos and darkness, shall clolhe the whole , • ■ r. *r
. . -^ ., i, t ■ L, renllv lost, will come out again. A file is written
moral creation, its more than sun-like brightness - ... 7. , , . .
... . L • e i i on our memory as with invisible ink. It is appa-reflect.
the glory anil happiness of heaven. In ' ' . ''
.. L i- r i 1 . . r .L • i .. rent y lost to our frail sight while here. Hut in
the bchcl and anticipation ol such a period, wi , , / , ,.,.,,, , ,
, . , ... .. . .. L -..the Judgment light it will be seen enveloped a-aro
ready to exclaim with the poet, though with . , ,.. ,, , ,, ,. ,
round us and will be unrolled till every line and
fur higher and purer feelings, und looki.ig for
what never entered into his heart to concieve—
"Adapke coavexo nniijuhm podurc munduni;
Ternuaae traenraani) nwri, CU-IUIIH|U>- profuuiliini'
Adauies! veumro leetcntei ai ainma sawkt!4
Entering the temple of truth—coiulucled inlo
the holiest nf all, and standing by the lamp ol
prophecy, as it casis its clear and steady light on
the future, we look fur an age in which this will
bo mon- than realised. < 'hn.-'.iaiiity will spread
nnd triumph over eve y oilier system ; and in its
propagation, Imcrka Kill bava nocoinmoii part.
She and Britain trill advance a Ith equal step nil.
| their civilisation nnd
sire with the t! il e. The distance
letter is madu visible '. I knew a sailor once, who
.°.id that wheti once in a storm, oalhu giddy mail
while trying to furl a sail and could not, he cursed
Clod. It passed out uf his mind for twenty year.,
but now in a season ol excitement, he said now 1
remember it. 1 am lost!
GI.M-ISI:M>-S or Tin: I 'lutnerus SrrtiPTU!!:*-.—
I A xrtter in the North American Review, evidently
a man »f extensive- learning, in an article on the
! genuineness of ancient writings, says: "We should
be unfaithful equally to our cunviciions, principles
and feelines, net distinctly tu ?tnte thai, in point of
ell- i . .
' fact, the oeniiineness and integrity of the* .'hristian
nurins the lut quarter of a ccnluary sho has sivc wmi ine gmw rne oanaaee wwhniicchu «w«et|„B_e.ricKuiv*a. eatimBi.«..e,t .o..n. ,tkh.e, bkt_aaid..p.r;i.n..a;i„plle_slhere
inado ustoiiuhing progress, and cio long will I have gained is lost. America has made so rapid. |ty j„„.n. j^ anbetanlialetl by evidence m u ton-
. ' nlletigc the ol I i lates of Europe tu divide I ly upon us, thai she is notv as much in the ml-1 fold nropottion inure various, copious and conclu-with
lhem the h n i of takin ■ '. - nil in lbe ad- vancc as , in the race of Christian beuc- sive, than that which can be advanced in support
rolen • an I enti rt.i ., . I " ""J' °''"'r \nr"": wrhioP "»»'"•»"• '"
• '"'"■"" ■•">• ■■ '»'-"'""•••,,.! rf.-il,,.„„„„..„ much a, be. stiontd.
■ • •■ ■" '- - ■- ' ■' I :' a lice bid) : assical 'ii --.i----: has
■ • n! it ' - •:'. •' ram»'l n i ' ■ -, :.c . .
had bul just joined her husband ; il would be too
bad lo set the people at work so late an hour,
when lhe hay cau be got in to-morrow just as
woll."
The lad urged that there might be a change in
._ partially obscured by lhe fluting i
the moon glimmered coldly upon the turbulent so thorooehly painful, ibat cne listens with impa-billows.
I scanned lbe horizon narrowly ; not a (lience and is glad when aomc excuse presents it-sail
waa visible in auy quarter and no sound greet" self for his absence. Whatever may be the lin-ed
rayc-ar, except the howling of the breaker., perfection, of our school tuition, this defect is ra-
*Xtt*XSL~*U, he inthe 5-he .hulte, I relumed to my easy. JC^^^^7S
right quarter for fair weather, and thcy would not co .enced. my lempcra.c repast amusmg mysell . ™^**£?^*«J^££
gel the work done before dark thai night. "tille sipping the rragru.it beverage wiih reciting | the mam evil arise, from the nnequ.l value wnicli
Bc.rn.rdiisten.-d gravely to these advocate,, aloud certain passages from thai most poc-.ic of .11 seem, to be attached lo good reading as compared
without knowing how to decide between lhem, romances, houthey s -Ihalaba.
when he suddenly recollected the paper he had «'"«»' «hu. occupied, a gust from lhe Atlantic
received from the lawyer. I •»''l" ',g1"n», ■»» •**»* "■* X""U ,™^*f'
I have got an ""d, during iu conlinusnce, there was a errant-with
music, dancing, painting, and other fashiona-ble
acquirements. Why il should be so, we can
discover no good cause, but on ihu contrary, sen
many substantial reasons why reading aloud should
"Stop a minute," cried he. ■• I have got an and. during Us continuance, mere was a creaa- ..»»,."—«. JT ' . 77 ,;,,"
opinion It is from a famous lawyer.andcL me ing and, rattling of door, and CfMJ hinges, which be cultivated a, one of the most u«ful and attrac-three
francs. Tin, will sel.tc the mailer. Here, strongly reminded me of a gale a. sea. Present-, live of domestic accoin, lishmen...
vane ?men. nfaoc ry. !!■; canvou ... nowspirit.
. '.- ' Olll] . • . i ■■.. r. blior".—
There-e, come tell us whsi it hay, ; you can read ly there w-a, so entire a lull, that 1 laid down my
all kinds of writing, even the lawyer's." . book with a kind of aervous presentiment. At
Mrs. Bernard look the paper and with some UW instant, silently and very gradually the door
little difficulty read these line. : cf my apartment opened, and aletnale figure, glid-
■• Never put off until to-morrow what you can mg In, placed itself directly in from cf me, and
doio-da-." ; l'01 amt lllun lut' cr *" '""' '" ■"1""1C,: "' lb''
"That's it," cried Bernard, as if he had received'chair ou which 1 was seated. Astonished and
sudden light on the subject. " Make haste with overwhelmed by a kiud cf preternatural awe, 1
the wagon, the girls aim boys, nnd let us get the remained as il glued to my seal, struggling lo re-h,
y in_.. : gain my self-possession, and gazing involuntarily
I Ii* wife Offered some more objection, but Bar-' upon the Strange apparition. Its eyes were nve-nard
declared thai he was not going lo pay three ted upon me. and 1 soon recognized lhe features
franc, for on opinion, and then not follow it; so' of . young lady with whom I had been slightly
he set the example, and led all hands lo the field.' acquainted many years before, and in the arrange-and
they did not return to the house until all the \ n.ent of whose utlairs I hud at one tune been pro-hay
was in lhc barn. ! fcssiooallj engaged.
The event seemed lo prove the sagacity of I3er-;
nard", movement, lor tho weather changed in the the countenance, notwithstandin
night. A terrible storm came on, and ihe next
morning lhe stream hud overflowed its br.nli, and
swept oiTcvery particle ol nen mown gr«u. The
hay harvest of every oilier former ill the neigh-borhood
w-as utterly destroyed. Bernard alone
saved his hay.
The first experiment gave him such confidence
m the <-pinion of the lawyer, that evi r a
dopted u a, u mlo of conduct |(
•hanks to his Order nuj ...,., 11.
"To young ladies, for example, the ha'oit ot
reading aloud haa much to recommend it. Aa
mere exercise, it is highly beneficial on account
of the strength and vigor which it confers on ll.o
chest and lungs ; while the mental pleasure to bo
derived therefrom is one of tile most t!efrie*nfnl tluit
can adorn the family circle. Gathered round Ihu
winter's fire or evening lamp, what could be mure,
cheerful for the aged and infirm, what more in-structive
lo the younger branches, or more cxeiu-plary
to lhe careless, than the rending alodd ol
some entertaining author—and who could do ih;»
with greater grace cr more impressive effect
a youthful female I It requires- no
attain lliis art. no neglect cf >--"c- pniuimg
lb. r accoi..p:i,h„,eu. •',IS ""aCt n'0ri"
, 'i ,, iu ••* one (TDK
ui what chielly excited my terror, was. that | ■>»•<»•(*£ a,„, 1MriodletJ. naM always pre-
•sun
dt matt to
or C'
praclicc
interctt excited
beauty, wore an ffxprratloo that mi hrll-sh *•
dvmontMOl. It scffBrd as il a lienJ »* .
gcd from the lu'ver regions ,10^^'^°'^;^.:
large, dark eyes g**f£ ,,:,.r.. „toBm,enn •
revolting and ten^;^^,,, ^ yMMK KUI.U
venl from becoming dull or tiresome. Were fe-males
uf all ranks lu adopt the practice more than
ihev <\o at present, thcy would bind totheif home*
many who are led Otherwisu lo go in search o'.
unworthy enjoyments, and would add anotbar
'j nof delightfolasaocinlionBwherewiih 'o attach
:l"1 ifi'tlie more striking from being contrasted I the young to the family hearth. Another advent-
..viili ibe.iugulai besuiy of thai feature. The fig- ngu which il would confer on the fair readers thirA-urawaamoti
nlcss. I endeavored to address h, s Ives would be tho improved utterance and intooa-of
the i but nil my effbrts to do so proved nefleetual. \: iionwbicheorrectn lingwonldprrducciDStjadof
'length, irmn i lution, I rose from my thai .. rie md lUping which are ao often to be
.•came,
l:.r:..^„ • ' :■ . *,.; . v r..c'i .■ i am •• letaalc! 'jftucnighaeHss.

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VOLUME VI. GREENSBOROTJGH, NORTH-CAROLINA, MARCH '29. 1846. NUMBER 53
IJnbltslicd UJcckhj
BY BWA1M fc IHBRWOOD,
Pllll K.
M $1.W,
riMiliK u.ii.i. wtv 1 vr in.
. timi »S« IUt.l IFT»« '"« »»"
or *. a.i a.rrins.
l'«Iewonte-|-uiof HI cast saner loonier a J-ronluv
|H wiihiu UV -ulncription year, -ill lx-1-on..d.n-J iii-
Hirjlivi- u\' hi. wi-t. to continue th the tusht of. loving e)«
Oh ; 'n- -wiTt mrough tins world lu^u '
•\cnapel. tli.iljik .haJom that ha
In our p:ttli, with id niui-ie.l K!«W ;
' 1" i< III.- liM l.al.1 ui life llNit ». '••.
'T i. lhe l.i.l to assert when in die;
Oil! therci notfUBg '.mail. In un n to me,
l.iu Iks Hafcl "f ■» Uwins rye.
'!'.» lhe Ibjbt "f o kttini rye.
Ah! u bet «r.- die rich.- uf ctttl*'
Wlut tbr plhtrfl - MIII) revets uf iiurlli '
> tbi' li^lit of a loving eye
I have (lone through tin- W«kl of iver.
Anil oil! iiur thi- tq.uil on Ugh
Still ijraiil in.- lb rn.uk-al «lo»!
Till thi- «itiR. of n.v sool arc -el In •'.
Till iny In-art run hlgoMail to -ncli.
May thai liirhl. that swatf Unht. .him-for me,
The light or* a > m..- oje.
■ i i II .
The (Jiorv of Amrriru.
only communicating to those who occupy hcr con-secrated
coil "a freer life and a fresher nature."
bu:.-be isspreadingemhiaiion.knowledoi- and re-
I lii'ion among the most distant nations of the earth.
America is u commercial nation, and it is on Iter
commerce and her religion that she must de|iend
for h( r influence among the nations. It was com-
] inerce which gave to Tyre and Babylon, and her
I rival Ntnevah, and other ancient empires, their
' proud and lofty distinction. Hut it was commerce
! which had no connexion wtih ihe religious and
i tho true. It was. therefore, but temporary.—
I Their greatness has paa.-ed away. The waves
: of tho sea now roll where one* stood the vast and
magnificent palaces ol wealth and luxury. The
ninoflltwnll nf Ihltir commercial enierprizu and
prosperity are now crumbled inloasheo.
llritain and America are taught that if the sun
spirit. The lessons of freedom, religion and en-terprise,
which are now being taught, will be per-petuated,
till latest posterity. They are trained
and disciplined us becomes a nation pledged to
great deeds. Her schools are for the education
of the intellect—11* development of mind with all
its powers and capacities ; her pulpit is for the
sound and vigoroui ex|ooition of the Christian
virtues—the bringing them home to every man's
bosom and busine.s ; her press is for the support
and defence—the maintenance and d illusion of
truth and virtue. In n.oral power and resources
America nut only nvu'.a, Lut far exceeds the Ku-ropcan
States, England alone excepted. She has
eagerly pressed forward to her present point ol
advance.
In her future progress, she is destined, in com-
('onsiillins wilb a Lawyer. 'rendered him. and he brought erery year to that id. with .verted glances and «,remi'""™Ui
i lawyer, a pair of good fat chickens ; and he was trepidation, towards the only doorwoyw «no a-.
It happened that a farmer nam?d Bernard, j in the habit of saying to his neighbors, when they partment. When I reached it. actuate y
having come to market in Hennes. look it into ' were talking of the lawyers, that next to the involuntary and undelioablo *£*■* ■ c ' * > *
his head, whin his business was accomplish, d. commands ol Uod and the church, ihe most prolit- 1 halted and, turning round, beheld Hie .
fiend face to face, and closer to me than oelore..
More terrified than erer.l resumed my f treat.dash-el
rapidly through the narrow passage, atcoiilded,
the main .Uurcase, nor thought myself securu
and there wen- a few hours of leisure, that it able thing in the world was a lawyer's n/>i/iitm.
would be a capital use of that spare time to con- .
suit a liwyer. lie had often henrd peopl-; speak •
of Mr. IV.ier da la (jermandai, whose repululion |
was so great that people thought a suit already '
gained il he undertook it. Ii.rn.ird Mated for Ins
address, aird went inimcuiauly to his offica in St. I
" fo"n "f ••%•" «" l",0'",• •'»■< ">V P«W*3l0 d"l,le • ■• »" nl (nm *•
only to the all-poworful. all su|>erior economy of in this land of the l'llgr.ms, until the greet prtn- mm dish, as the saying .»."
grace In her commercial nceilion America is : ciples of the American system were developed .. |.-, about some contract for the purchax or
real | but her irue sirength lies in her reltgon- ; «"d established here by our Puritan forefathers. !a|, 0f something 1"
Not at o!l; I am not rich enough to purchase
THE PHANTASM.
nv Ml. iu7cLL. m. un,il ' h", m»ni m" hKi-m"°' *"d d°UUC'
locked the door.
About ten years ago,during my bachelor dayi. Having placed the candle upon my dressing la-
1 wits silling up very late, and busily engaged in ble. 1 seated myself at the foot of the bed, and.
poring over the mustv tide-deeds of on estate meditated upon what I had seen ; but the more I
which I had juai then contracted lopurchase on le- considered it, the more 1 became perplexed. My
hall ofaclient. It waaawiMwd guatynigbUia the slumbers that night were disturbed and feverish;
depth of winter, and heavy showers of ram from Bn,| although when I related the story to my
the westward, ever and anon, came sweeping up friends the ensuing morning, I apparently co:.-
against my solitary window, with a loud and mel- totced ihem. and strove to convince mysell, that
aucholy pattering. tho vision I had witnessed had been but an opl>
, The apartment, or rather office, in which I was cal delusion, yet I failed in satisfying my own
pursuing my avocations, was partially detached mind that such was in reality the case, so mil
fiom the mam dwelling, communicating with it and lifelike had been my impressions. Indeed,
„ only by a long, narrow, and ill-lighted passage; many montha elapsed before I could feel perfee'.-
snd all the furniture which it contained consisied ; |y m eaie in my lonely oflico after midnight; and
pier. Thi« stem-visaged personage married an with a military officer in the service of the East
Englishwoman, to whom, upon his decease, he | India Conpany. who had been well acquainted
devised ihe property, and by her descendants the with ihe lady in question; and from him I aaeer-freehold
ef it was then held. Report gave out iBln,.d that she bad, died in India, whither she had
that Hervst was a ltoskrucian—a mysterious accompanied her husband, upon the eery day.
itnessed
to that great revolution in mind and religion, l0 a land which they knew not; and, like th.
whose riper and richer fruits yet remain to be children of Abraham, as they have the truth in nave entered. Peace to their silent shades .—
gathered. The emigration of a l.ule band of per- lm.ir keep.n", we trust thai they will carry it wide., Fragrant as the breath ol morning be their memo-sccuted
believers to tho newly discovered conti- even to th. ends of the earth. '>''• The winds of two centuries have swept over
nent, gave birth to a nation which promises to ri- They have no need of a dispersion to spread their graves!
val the most powerful states of this world, and 10 lhem abroad among the notions ; for even now, [ " The effacing hand of time has well nigh worn
accomplish some of the most glorious destinies in jn lhc infancy of their origin, their vessels touch away the perishable monument, which may have
tho history of man. upon every c'oast, their inhabilants sojourn in ev- marked the spot where sleeps their honored dust
Trace the principles and institutions of the Pil- „,y country, and religion grows with their growth But they lull live. They live in the immortal
grirus in their development, operation and results. „.,i .tr«ngihcna with their strength. They carry : principle* which they taught—in the enduiiug
Not only "the little one has become a thousand, ,|,cir a],ars with them into the wilderness.*nd i institutions which they established. They live
nnd the small one a strong nation," but those in- throughthem civilization and Christianity willflow ' in the remembrance ol a grateful poawnty ; and
siitutiona, both civil and .acred, which were plan- on wlln an ever enlarging stream, tdl they cover' they will live on through all time, in the gratitude
ted in the wilderness and watered with many ,hl. ,ho„, 0( lae Pacific. Even then, the ocean j of unborn generation., who in long succession,
tear., have found a congenial soil for their growth wi|j not urmiBtu, (heir progreaa, but rather open | .ball rise up and call them bleased. And MaW
and maturity, and, like the majestic oak, ha1
not only withstood
taken deeper, firrac
The principles on
based were thoso of equity and truth, and there- Tea is doing to poorlb»"gj—T Jf^tfB^^^^I il^aeixtadla»»a»nlio« byAimMkAtfmifph
for. perpetuity which belongs to the one. was llvlng I^MMS'ha. laid open both at home I which they themselves are still gi.ing to our own
designed to oitach to the other | so that wjtb.bw. >*■ ^^ ,Jcr „.„„„,,„.,, „nu^ly elce«l. \ freedom, and to the great cause of civil and reli-vcry
.light modifications.■.'hf:,'hvrs left them.— ,,,„ tho .urn of live millions sterling, for education, gious liber.y throughout the earth—let ua never
MfMlf sTani/s thi «;'"»»•.«/ •Imtrica. Under and religion, i. graduated on a noble scale—h»< i give up the religion of our forefather.. No—ne-any
other dynasty that cVoniry could never ha.e t\nl ujjnt. and most hopeful encrgie. are devot-1 vcr,never,"
lisen m u. present position and influence. ed to the apiead of religion—her churchei and I „ —;. ' "~i—' ,-
With the change of her inslitu.ion, will come hcr ,niMi0Iiari„ are to be found wither«rer her I, 'M'i"™V «» ^ONHHEM c.-From a discourse
her weakness and downfall; but .hi. is aconsum-,^^bas be,n CMtlfli, tni her mora| influ. I bj >he tor. Doctor Bucher. we H eel the follow-rraiion
which we can scarcely anticipate. The cnct. „ u wide a. ,he world. This, in union and '"g l-ragraph on the vocation of memory and
principle, of the constitution are so inwrought in- co-operation with that of Britain, is changing the
to the very sou! and temper of the American whole aspect of society.
character, that no external or foreign influence -iho children of both counlric. aro ipreading
will ever be able lo overcome and subdue them. ovl.t lhe glob.i c«rryi„g »ak ihera the elemenu
At Ihi. moment, while certain wily and unworthy of un„er,al „.generalion. Already all ihingsare
liartic. are wickedly attempting to divide the na- becoming new. The superstition, and error, of
tiooal mind, accking to undermine the political in- „gt., „e mi.hing „.,... hum,n ,JMmt ,„ be-etitulions
of ihe country, and above all to damage ing sn.king lo their foundation ; earthly creeds
thai sound proiestant faith on which these- inaiitutioiu ,„ c^JBEJ jnl0 fragment.; mind ia bursting
depend for their stability and influence, republican- ju (-,.„,,„_ allJ M cnaUaa js slghins („ (ntiom_
ism, which is only a simple symbol lor WX;«>/.. Thf ,/oy 0y„,ltmv,wn draueth nigh. Bonie on
i;/i, vox Dei—the most unfettered freedom, both . lhc cha'riol of insIlirtlion through age. of lime, we
arc set down in the midst of scenes of surpassing
loveliness and glory, when this earth shall be as [
1 _. r -, Below my wmuow, wuicu was not lar irora a we ootn mosi luuy cuntu.iou u, .i....»...b ~.
M. de la Gennandai took |H-n and paper and ^ „,,,. ,,„„ julled „„, ^ j,, uriti.h immortal Dramatiat that, even in the .eery-day
asked the countryman hi. name. | £.,,,„„,,_ ,„rnj,d ,„ «oc|c«ed .pot of ground world, thing, and event, do occaaionally occur,
-Peter Bernard,"answered he,happy,indeed, wh.chBiu cu|l„alcll „ , g,raeI1, bul whjch, which are incapable of being suisfactorily CA-that
he had succeeded in making himself under- ^^ ( d an|J y^ silu,lion_ borc nu,ning h|Bed by lbe nioW faMiBhted and acnte »hilu.-
tood.
■ Your age I"
•• Thirty years, or thereabout I
•• Your profession f"
•• My profession ! Oh, ah, y
do I do. Oh, 1 am a farmer.'
but a few stunned shrubs. Beyond lay lhe sea,
bounded to the northward by the Welch hills,
faintly discernible, and far away to lhe westward,
„ in clear weather,might bo caughl glimpses of the
desolate island of Lundy. But to return to my
ophy.
Reading Moid.
The lawyer wrote two line,, folded up the ra-1 "^^^^^. ^^ rf ,,,, famjly
Th. following observatioo from Chamber". Ed-inburgh
Journal, relative to the advantage, of be ■
jag a good reader, will be found well worthy of
per. and gave it lo hi. client. ^^^ w Mi ^ , WM ,,f, „ pll„u. my altention :
•• Is it done already." cried Bernard; "\cry ^ wlllW||m atoaW *rl" ' '" Although "V\c knowof no accomplishments valuable a*
well, that's right. There is no time to get rusty wllhoul .„ w„ wm and tempestuouv.lhe interior that of readiog "with good emphasis »nd diacre-here,
as they «ay. How much do you cUvg. j rf my ,oiilory „uljy „, f,r from being comfort- tion," of catching the meaning and spirit of tho
for this opinion, Snuira I less. Within the ample and old-fashioned grate author and conveying them to others wrtb a dis-
Bernard paid without disputing, made a grand
the cool fire burned brightly; upon the broad hob tinctand mtaUigibla utterance; and yet slrango
, stood a capacious iron tea-kettle; while upon the to say, there ui no fepartment ef modern educa-scrapo
with b,s foot nnd wenl ou. delighted with ^^ ^ J -^^fi^my m ^^ ^^ nfglee„a_ ,„,,„,,_ ,0 gcnf ,„, j,
having prohtrd by the occasion. equipage, ii being my coflsiant habit to indulge thi. neglect that scarcely one young lady or gen-
V. hen armed at home, ,t was alreadyfour o . , JJ £ ^^ ■mui „ ^„ „„ ,|eman ,n , doIen, .ho bo«tof having "finished"
clock. 1 he jaunt ha I I.Ugued bun and he went ( ^^^^ ^^^^ , ^ ^^^ lhcir tiaMim< „„, „ Wu,g ^^^ read a-inio
the house for some repoar. I ly wearied, .o that I determined lo lock up my ' loud lo a private company with that ease and
Meantime his grass siad been out four days, *
in Slate and Church—republicanism, is becom-ing
the watchword throughoiii every Siaic. Fa-thers
are leaching it with awakened interest lo
their children, and their children are catching it
us if borne on inspiration.
On America, in her present position, we look
with intense interest. Her whole history is in-terwoven
with the fate of Europe, and thcro is
r.at a State in the wide spread continent of the
Old World, which is not destined to feel and tu
1,c uffectcd by hcr influence. No force can crush
'he sympathy thut already exiati und is continu-ally
augmenting, between Europe and the New
World. The eyes of the oppressed "re turning
wishfully to tho land of freedom, and tho kings of
the continent already regard with nwe and dis-quietude
the new Borne, rising in the West, the
foreshadows of whose greatness yet to be, nr- profuuiliini'
Adauies! veumro leetcntei ai ainma sawkt!4
Entering the temple of truth—coiulucled inlo
the holiest nf all, and standing by the lamp ol
prophecy, as it casis its clear and steady light on
the future, we look fur an age in which this will
bo mon- than realised. < 'hn.-'.iaiiity will spread
nnd triumph over eve y oilier system ; and in its
propagation, Imcrka Kill bava nocoinmoii part.
She and Britain trill advance a Ith equal step nil.
| their civilisation nnd
sire with the t! il e. The distance
letter is madu visible '. I knew a sailor once, who
.°.id that wheti once in a storm, oalhu giddy mail
while trying to furl a sail and could not, he cursed
Clod. It passed out uf his mind for twenty year.,
but now in a season ol excitement, he said now 1
remember it. 1 am lost!
GI.M-ISI:M>-S or Tin: I 'lutnerus SrrtiPTU!!:*-.—
I A xrtter in the North American Review, evidently
a man »f extensive- learning, in an article on the
! genuineness of ancient writings, says: "We should
be unfaithful equally to our cunviciions, principles
and feelines, net distinctly tu ?tnte thai, in point of
ell- i . .
' fact, the oeniiineness and integrity of the* .'hristian
nurins the lut quarter of a ccnluary sho has sivc wmi ine gmw rne oanaaee wwhniicchu «w«et|„B_e.ricKuiv*a. eatimBi.«..e,t .o..n. ,tkh.e, bkt_aaid..p.r;i.n..a;i„plle_slhere
inado ustoiiuhing progress, and cio long will I have gained is lost. America has made so rapid. |ty j„„.n. j^ anbetanlialetl by evidence m u ton-
. ' nlletigc the ol I i lates of Europe tu divide I ly upon us, thai she is notv as much in the ml-1 fold nropottion inure various, copious and conclu-with
lhem the h n i of takin ■ '. - nil in lbe ad- vancc as , in the race of Christian beuc- sive, than that which can be advanced in support
rolen • an I enti rt.i ., . I " ""J' °''"'r \nr"": wrhioP "»»'"•»"• '"
• '"'"■"" ■•">• ■■ '»'-"'""•••,,.! rf.-il,,.„„„„..„ much a, be. stiontd.
■ • •■ ■" '- - ■- ' ■' I :' a lice bid) : assical 'ii --.i----: has
■ • n! it ' - •:'. •' ram»'l n i ' ■ -, :.c . .
had bul just joined her husband ; il would be too
bad lo set the people at work so late an hour,
when lhe hay cau be got in to-morrow just as
woll."
The lad urged that there might be a change in
._ partially obscured by lhe fluting i
the moon glimmered coldly upon the turbulent so thorooehly painful, ibat cne listens with impa-billows.
I scanned lbe horizon narrowly ; not a (lience and is glad when aomc excuse presents it-sail
waa visible in auy quarter and no sound greet" self for his absence. Whatever may be the lin-ed
rayc-ar, except the howling of the breaker., perfection, of our school tuition, this defect is ra-
*Xtt*XSL~*U, he inthe 5-he .hulte, I relumed to my easy. JC^^^^7S
right quarter for fair weather, and thcy would not co .enced. my lempcra.c repast amusmg mysell . ™^**£?^*«J^££
gel the work done before dark thai night. "tille sipping the rragru.it beverage wiih reciting | the mam evil arise, from the nnequ.l value wnicli
Bc.rn.rdiisten.-d gravely to these advocate,, aloud certain passages from thai most poc-.ic of .11 seem, to be attached lo good reading as compared
without knowing how to decide between lhem, romances, houthey s -Ihalaba.
when he suddenly recollected the paper he had «'"«»' «hu. occupied, a gust from lhe Atlantic
received from the lawyer. I •»''l" ',g1"n», ■»» •**»* "■* X""U ,™^*f'
I have got an ""d, during iu conlinusnce, there was a errant-with
music, dancing, painting, and other fashiona-ble
acquirements. Why il should be so, we can
discover no good cause, but on ihu contrary, sen
many substantial reasons why reading aloud should
"Stop a minute," cried he. ■• I have got an and. during Us continuance, mere was a creaa- ..»»,."—«. JT ' . 77 ,;,,"
opinion It is from a famous lawyer.andcL me ing and, rattling of door, and CfMJ hinges, which be cultivated a, one of the most u«ful and attrac-three
francs. Tin, will sel.tc the mailer. Here, strongly reminded me of a gale a. sea. Present-, live of domestic accoin, lishmen...
vane ?men. nfaoc ry. !!■; canvou ... nowspirit.
. '.- ' Olll] . • . i ■■.. r. blior".—
There-e, come tell us whsi it hay, ; you can read ly there w-a, so entire a lull, that 1 laid down my
all kinds of writing, even the lawyer's." . book with a kind of aervous presentiment. At
Mrs. Bernard look the paper and with some UW instant, silently and very gradually the door
little difficulty read these line. : cf my apartment opened, and aletnale figure, glid-
■• Never put off until to-morrow what you can mg In, placed itself directly in from cf me, and
doio-da-." ; l'01 amt lllun lut' cr *" '""' '" ■"1""1C,: "' lb''
"That's it," cried Bernard, as if he had received'chair ou which 1 was seated. Astonished and
sudden light on the subject. " Make haste with overwhelmed by a kiud cf preternatural awe, 1
the wagon, the girls aim boys, nnd let us get the remained as il glued to my seal, struggling lo re-h,
y in_.. : gain my self-possession, and gazing involuntarily
I Ii* wife Offered some more objection, but Bar-' upon the Strange apparition. Its eyes were nve-nard
declared thai he was not going lo pay three ted upon me. and 1 soon recognized lhe features
franc, for on opinion, and then not follow it; so' of . young lady with whom I had been slightly
he set the example, and led all hands lo the field.' acquainted many years before, and in the arrange-and
they did not return to the house until all the \ n.ent of whose utlairs I hud at one tune been pro-hay
was in lhc barn. ! fcssiooallj engaged.
The event seemed lo prove the sagacity of I3er-;
nard", movement, lor tho weather changed in the the countenance, notwithstandin
night. A terrible storm came on, and ihe next
morning lhe stream hud overflowed its br.nli, and
swept oiTcvery particle ol nen mown gr«u. The
hay harvest of every oilier former ill the neigh-borhood
w-as utterly destroyed. Bernard alone
saved his hay.
The first experiment gave him such confidence
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